Amelia Robinson

Brief Life History of Amelia

When Amelia Robinson was born on 21 February 1781, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, her father, Edward Robinson, was 29 and her mother, Susanah Hadley, was 28. She died on 21 April 1809, at the age of 28.

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Family Time Line

Edward Robinson
1751–1810
Susanah Hadley
1752–1836
Joseph Robinson
1776–1845
Philemon Robinson
1778–1852
John Robinson
1786–1789
Cottrell Robinson
1791–1847
Cottrell Robinson
1792–
Ann Robinson
1779–1859
Amelia Robinson
1781–1809
Edward Robinson Jr
1784–1868
Hannah Robinson
1789–
Elizabeth Robinson
1793–1812

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    World Events (2)

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

    1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

    "Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

    French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .

    West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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